Legal Opinion

Wright v. Wright

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 27, 1989No. 55685Published

1Opinion of the Court

CRANDALL, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff, Phyllis Ann Wright, brought this separate action in equity against defendant, Colin L. Wright, seeking a division of marital property which a dissolution decree allegedly failed to divide. Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s grant of defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

The marriage of the parties was dissolved in 1974. At the time of the dissolution they owned a residence as marital property. The dissolution decree, with regard to the residence, provided:

Petitioner shall have the right to live in the family…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Colabianchi v. ColabianchiSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
  2. Buchanan v. GrafMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. Cook v. CookMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988

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